Angle cock bracket



18, 1951 c. R. RADEY 2,568,562`

ANGLE- COCK BRACKET Filed March 51, 1948 2 Shet-Shaet 1 sept. 1s, 1951 C. R. RADEY ANGLE COCK BRACKET Filed March 3l. 1948 `ing up a train of cars.

Patented Sept. 18, 1951 ANGLE COCK BRACKET Charles R. Radey, Michigan City,

Ind., assigner to Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application March 31, 1948, Serial No. 18,227

(Cl. Z13- 67) Claims.

1 The present invention relates to railway cars of the type that can be coupled together for mak- More specifically, the invention has to do with the supporting bracket for the angle cock in the air line of a railway car `in combination with a striking plate on the coupler housing. The air or train line comprises a pipe that extends the full length of the car and on one end of this pipe is an angle cock used for shutting off or turning on the flow of air through the pipe. A flexible hose is normally connected t0 the angle cock member for attaching a train line pipe of one car to that of the next car. The angle cock must be rigidly supported on the car and for this purpose the bracket forming the subject matter of the present invention is ideally suited. The bracket also serves as a backing member to reinforce the striking plate on the coupler housing and, therefore, provides a very rigid assembly. All of this is accomplished cheaply and the entire assembly lends itself ideally to mass production methods of fabrication.

The foregoing constitute some of the principal objects and advantages of the present invention,

others of which will become apparent from the Y' following description and the drawings, in which Fig. l is a fragmentary end View of a railway car mounted on rails and showing the angle cock bracket assembly forming the subject matter of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary plan view of the coupler housing illustrating the anglecock bracket disposed between the striking plate and the draft key slot liner in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of that portion of the coupler housing assembly illustrated in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the assembly illustrated in Fig. 3, the view being taken in the direction of line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

For purposes of illustration a specific embodiment of the present invention is shown in the drawings and will be described hereinafter. It is recognized, however, that modifications may be made in this specific embodiment without departing from the intended scope of the invention.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings the invention is illustrated in connection with a railway car that is more or less diagrammatically illustrated at I0 that is mounted on wheeled trucks generally indicated at II equipped with flanged wheels I2 that roll along rails I3. At each end of the car I0 is a coupler assembly generally indicated at I4 that as shown is fitted into the car center sill I5.

The car center sill I5 is of the usual type that normally extends throughout the length of the car and comprises a pair of horizontally spaced vertical webs, one of which isv shown at I 3 in Fig. 3 connected together across their upper ends by a plate portion I1. An outwardly extending flange I8 is provided along the lower edge of each ofthe vertical webs I6. The coupler assembly i4 includes an upper striking plate member I9 (see Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive) that is somewhat massive in shape and is backed by suitable gussets indicated at 20 in Fig. 4. Extending downwardly from the upper striking plate I9 is a pair of horizontally spaced vertically disposed striking plates 2l (Fig. 1) that project outwardly beyond the webs `I5 of the car center sill I5. Each of these vertical striking plates 2| is provided with a rearwardly extending web portion 22 that is attached to the inner side of the corresponding web I6 of the car center sill I5. Thus the striking plates I9 and 2I together with the center sill I5 form a coupler housing in which a coupler indicated at 23 in Fig. 1 can be mounted. The coupler 23 may be of any conventional type, the details of which form no part of the present invention.

` In couplers of this type, however, there is providedacoupleryoke key (not shown) that projects Athrough the side walls of the coupler housing and `rides in a coupler key slot liner that is shown at 24 in Figs. 2 to 4. Such a key is provided on each side of the coupler yoke and consequently a key liner 24 is rigidly secured to each of the vertical Webs I E of the car center sill l5. As best shown in Figs. 2 and 4 the key liner 24 in each instance is spaced a certain distance behind the adjacent vertical striking plate 2|. Between each striking plate 2I and the adjacent key liner 24 is an angle cock bracket 25 that is provided with a relatively wide portion that is adapted to engage the rear face of the vertical striking plate 2| and extends to and engages the adjacent key liner 24 and serves as a gusset for reinforcing the striking plate 2I. The angle cock bracket 25 is also provided with an outwardly extending ange portion 26 that extends beyond the outermost edge of the adjacent vertical striking plate 2I. This angle cock bracket is apertured at 2l and 28 to receive the arms of a U-shaped supporting clamp 29 (shown in Fig. 3). The conventional train line extends throughout the length of the car and is provided at each end with an angle cock indicated at 3U in Fig. 1 that likewise is conventional. This angle cock is illustrated diagrammatically in broken lines 3| in Fig. 3 and is securely fastened to the angle cock bracket 25 by means of the U-shaped clamp 29, the free ends in place between the Vertical striking plate 2|.

and the adjacent key liner 24. This bracket 25 thus serves to strengthen the coupler housing and striking plate assembly and is a rigidmember in itself to function ideallyjasY an angle Ycock bracket for supporting the train `line-angle. cock.

Though a U-shaped clamp 29`is illustrated as means for attaching the angle cock to bracketl 25 it is, of course recognized that other types of attaching clamps can be equally satisfactory.

I claim:

1. For use in a railway car,rthe combination of a coupler housing having a striking plate at its forward end that projects outwardly beyond the sides of the housing, a coupler yoke key liner disposed on the side of the housing and spaced from the striking plate, and an angle cock bracket disposed between and engaging the striking plate and the liner, the bracket projecting outwardly from the housing.

2. For use in a railway car, the combination of a coupler housing having a striking plate at its forward end. that projects outwardly beyond the sides ,of the housing, a coupler yoke key liner disposed on the side of the housing and spaced fromV the Vstriking, plate, and an angle cock bracket disposed between and engagingthe strik.- ingplate and the liner, the bracket providing a relatively flat plate projecting outwardly from the housing and beingapertured to receive an angle cock attaching member.

3. For use in arailway car, the combination of a couplerhousing having a striking-plate at its forward end that projects outwardly beyond the sides of the housing, a. coupler yoke keyliner disposed on the side of the housing andspaced from the striking plate, andv an angle. cock bracket disposed between and engaging the striking plate and the liner, the bracket providinga relatively flat plate projecting outwardlyA from the housing, and a U-shaped attaching member for securing the angle cock to the bracket, the bracket being apertured to receive the spaced arms of the attaching member.

4. For use in a railway car, the combination ofa coupler housing having a striking plate at its forward end that projects'outwardly beyond the sides of the housing, and an angle cock bracket disposed on the side wall of the housing directly behind the striking plate, the angle cock bracket being rigidly secured to the housing and having a portion thereof engaging and rigidly backing an outwardly projecting portion of the striking plate. 'Y

5. In a railway car having a coupler housing at one end thereof provided with a striking plate at its outer end that projects outwardly behind the sides of the housing, and a coupler yoke key liner disposed on a side wall of the housing, spaced from the striking' plate, vand projecting outwardly from the side wall of the housing, the provision of an angle cock bracketdisposed between and engagingthe striking Vplate and the liner and abutting against the side wall of the housing, the bracket being in the form of a relatively flat plate. projecting outwardly from the housing and being welded along its two sides to the striking plate and coupler yoke key liner respectively and alongits inner side to the side wall of the housing, and a U-shaped attaching Vmember for securing the angle cock to the bracket, the bracket being apertured adjacent to it free end to receive thespaced arms ofthe attaching, member.

CHARLES'R. RADEY..

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